ED-based care coordination reduces costs for frequent ED users.

CONCLUSIONS: ED-based care coordination is a promising approach to reduce ED use and hospitalizations among frequent ED users. Our program also demonstrated a decrease in costs per patient. Future efforts to promote population health and control costs may benefit from incorporating similar programs into acute care delivery systems.
PMID: 29261242 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - December 1, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Lin MP, Blanchfield BB, Kakoza RM, Vaidya V, Price C, Goldner JS, Higgins M, Lessenich E, Laskowski K, Schuur JD Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research